Panagiotis Liadelis (born December 7, 1974 in Volos, Greece) is a retired Greek professional

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player. At a height of 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) tall, he played as a

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Professional career

Liadelis played for many successful teams. His first well-known club was the Greek club

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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, where he played for many years and won the Korać Cup, in the 1996–97 season, and the Greek Cup and Greek Cup MVP in 1998. He also played for the Greek clubs

PAOK Thessaloniki PAOK ( el, ΠΑΟΚ, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans' ...

Makedonikos Makedonikos B.C. (Greek: Μακεδονικός K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club. The club is located in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, Greece. The parent athletic club was founded in 1928, and the basketball department was founded in 19 ...

Olympiacos Piraeus Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, and

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. In all of those years, he was an efficient scorer in the Greek League and the EuroLeague, when he participated in the competition. His EuroLeague performances in the EuroLeague 2000–01 season, while wearing PAOK's jersey, earned him an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection. He also played for the

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, the

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, and Azovmash Mariupol of the Ukrainian Super League. In 2006, he moved to Azovmash Mariupol, and in the 2006–07 season, he was a finalist in the FIBA EuroCup, against

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National team career

Liadelis was also a member of the senior men's

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Awards and accomplishments

* FIBA Korać Cup Champion:

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* Greek Cup Winner: 1998 * Greek Cup MVP: 1998 * Greek Cup Finals Top Scorer: 1998 * Russian League Champion: 2002 *3× Ukrainian League Champion: 2007, 2008, 2009 *2×

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Winner: 2008, 2009 * Greek All-Star Game: (2000, 2004) *

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External links

Euroleague.net ProfileSpanish League Profile
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